Foster family pleads guilty to abusing ‘house of horrors’ Turpin children
A California foster care family has pleaded guilty to abusing several young people in their care, including several Turpin children who were rescued from their parents' “house of horrors.” Marcelino Holguin, of Perris, pleaded guilty Thursday to four counts of lewd acts with a child age 14 or 15 (the defendant was at least 10 […]
US soldier who fled to North Korea pleads guilty to desertion, assault
U.S. Army Private Travis King, who traveled to North Korea last year, pleaded guilty to charges of desertion, assault and disobeying orders, the Army said. said Friday blog post. King pleaded guilty to three counts of insubordination to a superior officer, one count of desertion and one count of assault on a non-commissioned officer. His […]
Sen. Kevin Cramer’s son pleads guilty in car chase that killed sheriff’s deputy
The adult son of North Dakota Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer pleaded guilty Friday to all charges stemming from a high-speed car chase that left a sheriff's deputy dead late last year. Ian Kramer, 43, is charged with murder, fleeing a police officer and multiple drug charges in connection with a head-on collision that led to […]
US Army soldier Travis King, who fled to North Korea, pleads guilty to desertion
A U.S. Army soldier who was briefly detained by North Korea after crossing the DMZ last year pleaded guilty Friday to four other charges, including desertion and assaulting an officer, and was sentenced to 12 months in prison. A military court judge at Fort Bliss, Texas, reportedly told King that if he did not plead […]
NYC Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Immigration Fraud Scheme, Faces Prison
A New York-based lawyer has pleaded guilty to participating in an immigration fraud scheme to illegally speed up refugee status applications. Kofi Amankwah, 70, a Bronx lawyer, circumvented loopholes in the system by getting asylum seekers in the city to claim they were victims of domestic violence and collect up to $6,000. Federal prosecutors have […]
Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty to Falsely Accusing Fantasy Football Rival of Planning Two Terror Attacks
Matthew Gabriel, 25, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of providing false terrorism information to police about a fantasy football rival. According to Daily MailOn August 3, 2023, Gabriel accidentally Tilted Police said Gabriel's rival was planning a shooting in Norway and would “take out as many people as he could at […]
Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to new sex crime charge as he awaits retrial | US news
Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to new sex crimes charges in New York on Wednesday as he awaits a retrial in his landmark #MeToo case. Details of the new charges were not immediately released. He is accused of committing criminal sexual conduct. The jailed former movie mogul has long maintained that any sexual activity was […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Denied Bail, Pleads Not Guilty to Sex Trafficking; Racketeering
Disgraced hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges in an indictment unsealed Tuesday. He was indicted by a federal grand jury and arrested in New York on Monday. The arrest and indictment came 10 months after a months-long sex trafficking investigation and a string of women came forward with […]
Pakistani man with Iran ties pleads not guilty in alleged murder-for-hire plot to assassinate US politicians
A Pakistani national with suspected close ties to Iran pleaded not guilty on Monday to a charge of plotting to assassinate a US politician inside the United States. Asif Merchant, also known as “Asif Raza Merchant,” pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Brooklyn federal court in New York on Monday. He was indicted on […]
Missouri Teacher Pleads Guilty to Sex with Student After Fleeing the State
A Missouri high school teacher has admitted to having sex with a 16-year-old student while another teenager acted as a “lookout.” Guilty Plea She could face up to four years in prison. Daily Mail. Haley Clifton Carmack, 26, was a math teacher at LaQue High School when she was arrested in January after another student […]